Brothas let me just say that dream’s voice is oh so sexy. She has one of those cool, late night, sultry DJ voices flowing to the chill sounds of a summer wave crashing whisper in a Coltrane not yet frantic breeze.

But this is not about that…

dream is way more than an appetizing and objectifying sound bite. She’s a woman’s woman with a conscience of empowerment who is committed to the cause of eliminating any and every social injustice that has continued to mire those unfortunate in a quagmire of astounding misery. dream is matter of fact knowledge and peace disposition who sings to the beat of a soul enriched by those who fell down inside the gun smoke.

This sentiment has translated to a rap game blessed to have her pen as its camera. Access is yes, a good thing. Access gets the real flick, not the popular one. You know, the one that everyone gets six months too late thus prohibiting the advancement of thought.

No sir.

dream is the advance copy who understands the culture she nods her head to. Eyes closed but open enough just to get the peek we seek without burning the relationship bridges that mean more to her personally than journalism.

I know we have some Philly readers so if you aren’t doing anything tonight come see my boy Guy Torry for that get away from the work week laugh I know you all need. Guy will be cracking jokes on everyone and ya momma at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103. As you probably are aware of, he’s also an actor and one of the deepest brothas I know but it ain’t about that this weekend. I want to fall out of my chair tonight in front of everybody. I don’t care if I break every bone in my body, I’ll still be laughing in that full body cast thing checking out all the nurses and getting smacked by my sister…who is a nurse as well. Guy is also appearing tomorrow January 31st. Philly, represent!

It’s been a busy week. My apologies for posting the bare minimum. I really worked hard on transcribing interviews, providing links within a very compelling interview to be posted later and securing other interviews I hope you will enjoy. Of course this gets me more exposure, but trust that I do it for you as well. Anyone you want to see next on TSF, hit me up here. Now to the game…

They’ve won 8 straight against pretty good teams. What else can I say. I told ya’ll things would shake back into place as soon as people began to jump of Black Pharaoh’s bandwagon. KG is the glue and no, he ain’t crazy like it. His will is something you just have to see, hear and yeah…feel. His is not losing. Detroit and Lakers upcoming.

One more: Book says ARod “developed a ‘Single White Female’-like obsession with Jeter and asked for a personal clubhouse assistant to run errands for him.” Uh..wow? Former Yankees skipper Joe Torre apparently criticizes Brian Cashman as well. Anything for book sales huh?

Doing what I do with the interview, I have literally hundreds of people on my radar. If it wasn’t for the transcribing process, you definitely would see a lot more interviews than you already do here on TSF. Of course there are the biggest and the baddest: Mike, Tiger, Barry…as well as the last but not least: doctors, teachers or any other genuine public servant. I’m inspired by their love and dedication to not only what they do, but to people in general. I do this as a fan first to give you a perspective most are not interested in giving. It’s never about me.

One person in particular I definitely had in mind was Kay Yow and sadly, I won’t get the chance. Initially diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987, Kay fought the disease long and hard until she finally succumbed this morning.

Damn! Another one of the good guys are gone. Yeah Herm was 15-33 and had the worst two game stretch in Kansas City Chief history, but he was one of the few engaging coaches left. Always good for a quote, Herm would give it to you straight every time. After Carl Peterson abruptly resigned and Scott Pioli was brought in, the writing was on the wall. Coach Herm had one year remaining on a 4 year 12 million dollar contract. Larry Johnson was banged up, but it didn’t help Herm that his franchise back couldn’t make up his mind to play football or not. Edwards will definitely land on his feet somewhere but he might have to take a coordinator job first. In Kansas City, you have to win. It’s as simple as that. Maybe Herm didn’t get enough time to turn it around and was too loyal to his players, but the man can coach. Before the Chiefs, Herm guided the New York Jets to a 39-41 record from ’01-’05. 2-3 in the playoffs.

Collins on Celtics guard Rajon Rondo being one of the best rebounding guards in the NBA: “When you play against a team (that shoots) a lot of three’s, there are a lot of long rebounds. That’s why your guards have to come back (and rebound). (Rajon) Rondo is one of the best rebounding guards in the NBA and when he gets those rebounds he can push it into automatic fast breaks. (Celtics head coach) Doc Rivers has talked to his team about getting those long rebounds and getting to loose basketballs.”

An interview with Dream Hampton will be posted later today. I wanted to give you something to talk about while I transcribe.

Attended a symposium at the University of Pennsylvania last night featuring JemeleHill, Kenneth L. Shropshire and moderated by Jay Rosner of the Princeton Review. Very informative and students had great questions. Rosner stated the symposium was likely one of the first in the nation asking questions of Black athletes in light of President Obama’s election (still crazy to write President Obama isn’t it?). The main question was this: Now what? What do Black athletes do now in a post-Obama world?